Obituaries (May 1)

Cora M. (Sweet) Genung

Utica Saturday Globe, July 1902

 

Mrs. Cora M. (Sweet) Genung

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At her home on North Mitchell street, Wednesday, occurred the death of Cora M. Sweet, wife of Charles P. Genung, aged 22.  She had been ill several months with consumption.  Deceased was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sweet, of Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY].  and was united in marriage to Charles P. Genung, of this village on October 15, 1898.  She was a member of the Broad Street M.E. Church, and was beloved by a large circle of friends.  Besides her husband, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Perkins, of this village, and Mrs. Lee Burgess, of Brookfield.  Her funeral was held from her late home Friday afternoon, Rev. Wilson Treible officiating.  Burial was made in Mt. Hope Cemetery [Norwich, NY]

 

Kate Conkling

Chenango Union, April 10, 1884

Miss Kate Conkling, an amiable lady of the village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], died at her residence on Saturday morning last, aged sixty years.  Deceased was a sister of the late Mrs. David Griffing, who four years since was burned to death, probably from the explosion of a lamp in her room.  Miss Conkling, with her invalid mother, occupied rooms on the second floor of the Griffing residence, and she never fully recovered from the shock occasioned by that terrible affair.  For years past she has been a great sufferer, and her death resulted from a fatal disease.  Her aged and invalid mother survives her.  Miss Conkling was a cousin of Hon Roscoe Conkling, and many friends from Utica attended her funeral, which was held on Monday afternoon.  Rev. T.A. Stephenson, rector of Christ Church, Sherburne, conducted the services.

 

David J. Palmer

Chenango Union, April 10, 1884

Last Friday afternoon a terrible accident occurred on Melondy Hill west of this village [Afton Chenango Co., NY], whereby Mr. David J. Palmer, a blind man, well known in this place, was killed.  Mr. Palmer was at work in the woods assisting Stephen Fredenburg saw wood.  The tree on which they were at work had been sawed into logs and on the stump, which was on one edge, the tree having been blown down, remained a piece about eighteen inches in length which they had just sawed off and stepped back.  Mr. Fredenburg started to walk around the stump to give Mr. Palmer his cane when the stump fell, crushing Mr. Palmer beneath it, killing him instantly.  Deceased leaves two grown up sons and was a brother of Mrs. D.D. Smith, of this place.  His funeral was held Sunday and the remains were interred in the Glenwood Cemetery [Afton, NY].  His age was fifty-four years--Afton Enterprise.

 

Abby Pixley

Chenango Union, April 10, 1879

On Friday afternoon, the 28th ult., Abby, a three-year-old son of Asa Pixley, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], was drowned in a creek near his residence.  He had been playing in the yard, when he was suddenly missed and search was made by the ladies of the house, which was unsuccessful.  Mr. Pixley, who was at work in the sugar bush, was notified, and the child was tracked to the creek, upon the bank of which the hood worn by the little boy was found.  A few feet distant the body of the little boy was discovered in the water, and carried to his home by the distressed father.

 

John McNulty

Chenango Union, April 24, 1884

On Friday morning the body of John McNulty, who had been missing since the Tuesday evening previous, was found in the Chenango river, near the residence of C.A. McFarland, about three miles below this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].  The body lay partly on its side near the bank in shallow water, and a short distance down stream floated a whisky bottle about half filled.  McNulty resided on a farm in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], owned by Miller & Perkins, and on Tuesday he went to Greene and back home, and at five P.M., hitched up his horse, against the wishes of his family, and came to this village to see Mr. Perkins.  He drank some liquor, purchased a half pint of whisky, did his business with Mr. Perkins, who noticed that he was intoxicated, and about nine o'clock started for home, and that was the last seen of him alive.  Not returning home, his family became alarmed, and Wednesday his son started out in search of him.  He found his horse and wagon at the Loomis farm, several miles below where the body was found, where it was discovered standing by the watering trough that morning.  Nothing was heard of the owner until late on Thursday, when his cap was found in the old canal bed near McFarland's and a fence showed marks of a wagon running against it, and a place also showed where a horse had stood for some time.  Further search by men in that vicinity on Friday revealed the body as above related.  The supposition is that McNutly's horse ran into the fence and threw him out of the wagon, or that he fell out, and in a confused condition wandered across the old canal bed and into the river close by, where he became exhausted and was drowned.  Tracks showed that he had wandered some distance, and it is evident that had the night been otherwise than a very dark one, he could have seen where he was going.  The body was only covered by an inch or two of water.  McNulty was a man about 65 years of age.  He came to this section from Canada, we believe, at the time the Midland railroad was building, on which he had sub-contracts.  He was given to occasional drinking to excess.  He leaves a wife and eight children, and was a man of considerable intelligence.  Coroner Avery commenced an inquest at the St. James Hotel in this village on Friday, which was concluded on Saturday, the jury finding that deceased came to his death by asphyxia from drowning; that he was under the influence of liquor, and that his death was caused accidentally by his own act.  His funeral was held on Sunday--Times [Oxford, NY].  Deceased formerly resided in Norwich, and was sub-contractor on the Midland and D.L.&W. roads at the time they were building.

Elisha Pierce Writes from California - 1875

Letter from Elisha Pierce in California

Bainbridge Republican, June 12, 1875

 

Yaleville, May 17, 1875

Mr. Editor--Having just received a letter from Elisha Pierce (whom your readers will remember left Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY[ last winter to seek his fortune in the land of gold), I thought I would send you such extracts as would be of interest to his friends, for publication.

 

Dear Friend--I received your letter some time ago but have not had time to answer it.  You may think that I might get time to write one letter but as true as you live I never worked so hard in my life, or lived as poor, as since I have been in Kern county.  This is roughing it worse than I ever expected it could be.  I will tell you something about how I live after I eat my supper, as it is almost ready, and I wish you were here to help me eat it, and keep me company for I am about one-half a mile from any house, and that is a cloth tent 8x10 feet.

 

I am now at work for E. Pierce on a part of the farm that Charles Peck was on, about seven miles from Bakersfield.  Dr. McLean furnishes team, feed and seed, and gives me one-half.  I do not know as I shall make anything, but I have got as good a chance as I could ask for.  I have got about twelve acres planted, six of which is up, and I am going to put in about eight more, which will be about all one man can attend to as it requires a good deal of labor to irrigate it.

 

It is very lonesome here, none to talk to, but I most stand it.  I must now go to bed, hoping the rising sun will find us all right, I bid you good night.

 

 May 18--I am all right today, never felt better in my life, if I can go it until fall without the chills I shall be all right.  The doctor says if I am sick he will take me home and take care of me, so you see I am not without friends.  I got a piece of beef of a neighbor yesterday, he had a quarter, he did not tell me how he came by it, but I don't think it quite safe for cattle to stray off too far from home in this part of California.

 

I have killed two rattle snakes, one came very near biting me.

 

I will tell you what I had for dinner:  coffee, beef, bread, syrup, and dried peas, stewed.  I have had many a poorer meal.  I wish you could see me mix bread for supper.  I put my hands in to mix it and it would not let go.  I thought I should have to put my hands in the oven and let it bake on them, but I succeeded in getting loose after a while.

 

Well I was going to tell you how they live out here.  Every man that comes to Kern county thinks he is going to get rich the first year, so is as saving as he can be.  I don't like to find fault with my grub, but as true as you live I have been out to work and took my dinner with me and had but three biscuits and a tea cup two-thirds full of beans for two of us.  Now this is what I call ----, but I will say no more about it for I presume I shall live as poor as that myself for I am bound to have a farm before next spring if my life and health are spared me.  I do not like it any too well out here, but I think I can do pretty well if I am steady.  I don't find many men but what get on a spree once in a while around here.

 

I shall never forget my friends in Yaleville. I may never see them again, some I know I shall not, for you wrote me of some that had left this world.

 

I am sorry to hear that sickness and death have been so busy among my old friends, but we have all got to go, and sometimes I think what is the use working and thinking more of money than anything else.

 

I commenced haying the 15th of April.  The piece I cut is big enough to cut again,  it is Alfalfa, it looks very much like clover and grows very fast.  They can cut it every six weeks.  Most every one is haying around here now.  If you were here I could talk all night, and I guess it will take you all night to pick this out.

 

Elisha Pierce,

Bakersfield, Cal.

Obituaries (April 30)

Hezekiah Brown

Utica Saturday Globe, July 1902

  

Hezekiah Brown

At the home of his daughter in Phillipsburg, Mont. on July 3, occurred the death of Hezekiah Brown, a former resident of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. Brown was born in Norwich December 1, 1820, at the old homestead adjoining Mt. Hope Cemetery.  He was the eldest of nine children of Hezekiah and Elizabeth Brown, early settlers of this place and a brother of Mrs. S.B. Prentice, of South Broad street, who is the only surviving member of the family.  He left Norwich many years ago and after residing in Illinois for a time returned to this village and a few years later removed to Michigan. For the past few years he had made his home with his daughters in Colorado and Montana.  He was a brother of the late Elisha Brown, of this village, and will be remembered by many of the older residents.

Bertha Lord Stevens

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 7, 1944

Mrs. Bertha Lord Stevens, wife of Wesley A. Stevens, died at her home in Richmond, Va., Aug. 15.  She was born in Sanford [Broome Co., NY], Aug. 15, 1878, the daughter of Rufus and Celina Rowe Lord  She is survived by her husband, Wesley A. Stevens, of Richmond, Va.; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Boland of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. John Burgess, of Miami, Fla.; a granddaughter, Miss Janet Boland, of Richmond, Va., and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Goodnough and Mrs. Frank Knapp, of Afton. Two brothers, Herbert Lord, of Chenango Forks and Fred Lord, of St. Petersburg, Fla., also survive.  Funeral services were held Wednesday at her home in Richmond, Va., and she was brought to Afton for burial in Glenwood Cemetery [Afton, Chenango Co., NY].  A prayer service was held at the grave, Thursday, Aug. 17.  The Rev. Alan Douglas of the Afton Baptist Church officiated.

Maude E. Cook

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 7, 1944

Miss Maude E. Cook, 55, a lifelong resident of Hancock [Delaware Co., NY], passed away Tuesday, Aug. 29, at the City Hospital, Binghamton, where she had been a patient for several weeks.  Her health had been failing for a long time.  For several years she had been a trusted employee of Hancock post office under several postmasters.  She is survived by two brothers and a sister.

Frank Homer Pomeroy

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 7, 1944

Frank Homer Pomeroy, 59, of Roscoe [Delaware Co., NY], died suddenly of a heart attack on Aug. 18 in Utica, where he was working at his profession as a brick mason.  He had not been very well for a time but his death came as a great shock to his family and friends.

Henry J. Tietjen

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 7, 1944

Henry J. Tietjen died at his home in Walton [Delaware Co., NY] on Thursday, Aug. 24.  He had been ill with heart trouble for three years and was confined to his bed for three weeks preceding his death.

Mary Belle Forbes Root

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 14, 1944

Mrs. Mary Belle Forbes Root, 79, wife of Francis H. and mother of the Rev. James F. Root, rector of the Zion Episcopal Church, Windsor, and St. Luke's Church Harpursville, died Monday at the Windsor rectory, Chapel street.  She is also survived by a brother, James H. Forbes, of Chicago, Ill.

George Arvine Clark

Bainbridge News & Republican, September 14, 1944

George Arvine Clark, oldest Shriner in the United States, and well known in this area, died suddenly Sunday in Hammondsport [Steuben Co., NY].  Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Carr & Hare Funeral Home in Sidney.  He was born in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] in 1862, and began a career which included railroading, retailing and manufacturing in Syracuse where for several years he was a conductor on the Chenango Branch of the West Shore.  Mr. Clark conducted a hardware store in Earlville and later opened a wood box factory in Sidney, supplying many Central New York industries.  One of the founders of the Bennett Fireplace Heater Company of Norwich, in recent years he was identified with the Bennett Aircraft Company of Hammondsport, of which he was also a founder.  In Masonic circles he was particularly well known and only recently received a plaque designating him as the oldest member of A.A.O.K.M.S.  Surviving are his wife, Margaret, of Sidney; a son, John, a Standard Oil executive, of Clarksburg, W.Va.; a brother, John, vice-president of Public Service Gas & Electric of East Orange, N.J.; and four nephews, Howard, of Chicago, Winsor, of Philadelphia, Richard, of Cleveland, and Homer W., of Syracuse.
 

Bainbridge High School - Class of 1950 Part 1

Bainbridge Central High School - Class of 1950

Senior Portraits

"Echo" 1950

 

 

Beverly Archer -- "Bev"

Bev is a person everyone knows,

Smart in each class, with each lass she goes.

 

Class Secretary

Voted Most Popular, Best Sport, and Best Natured

Never hopes to be:  An undertaker's wife

Can you imagine her being quiet

Will miss most:  Mr. Dunne's harping about getting to school on time

Ambition:  To travel

 

Patricia Babcock -- "Pat"

In school she is a quiet little maid,

She causes no trouble or books to be mislaid

 

Never hopes to be unable to sing

Can you imagine her with straight hair

Will miss most:  Basketball and Gladys Shelton

Ambition:  To become a musician

 

Robert Banks --"Bob"

Heap big Indian stuff he makes his rule,

He's the medicine man of the school

 

Student Council Vice President

Voted Most Courteous

Never hopes to be a garbage collector

Can you imagine him being a professional wrestler

Will miss most:  Sports

Ambition:  Own a car

 

David Corbin -- "Dave"

Aggressive pioneer is our boy Dave,

Music and art seem to be his crave

 

Voted Neatest, Best Looking, and Biggest Bluffer

Hopes never to be married to more than one girl at a time

Can you imagine him having  homework done

Will miss most:  Senior fellows

Ambition:  To travel

 

Arnold Craig -- "Curly"

Arnold is vivacious and full of glee,

He became a senior before he ought to be

 

Voted Best Student and Most Talkative

Hopes Never to be 80 years old

Can you imagine him a farmer

Will miss most:  the little kids watching us eat at noon hour

Ambition:  The world's biggest liar

 

Eugene Craver -- "Gene"

Gene is our class bashful boy,

But wrestling and F.F.A. are his pride and joy.

 

Hopes never to be a teacher

Can you imagine him a basketball player

Will miss most:  Wild Ag class

Ambition: To travel



Marriages (April 29)

Harrington - LaFevre

Utica Saturday Globe, July 1902



Oscar L. and Cora E. (LaFevre) Harrington

 



Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At the Broad Street Methodist parsonage Wednesday evening, in the presence of a few relatives, occurred the marriage of Oscar L. Harrington and Cora E. La Fevre, of this place. the ceremony as performed by Rev. Wilson Treible and the bridal pair were attended by Miss Blanche P. Harrington, sister of the groom, and S.A. La Fevre, brother of the bride.  The bride has been a resident of Norwich for only a few months  She is a professional nurse and has held responsible positions in that capacity in hospitals at Kingston and New York, coming here from the latter place.  During her residence in town she has gained many friends. The groom is a son of M.L. Harrington and is a highly respected young man.  After a short wedding tour they will reside for the present with Mr. Harrington's parents, on West Hill.

 

Stork - Minor

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, January 1, 1896

Wednesday evening, December 25, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Minor of Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY], was the scene of a very happy event, the occasion being the marriage of his daughter, Flora B. to Burton J. Stork, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].  The parlor was tastefully decorated with evergreens and precisely at eight o'clock to the strains of the wedding march, the bridal pair, preceeded by Lita and Nelson Brown, Zoa and Frank Minor, entered the parlor through a gateway of evergreens, which as they approached, was untied by the little May, youngest sister of the bride.  They then advanced to an arch where they were met by their pastor, Rev. J.F. Whitney, who in a very impressive manner spoke the words which united them in holy wedlock.  After a bountiful repast the happy couple left amid showers of rice and best wishes, for a short tour in this and adjoining counties.  The bride is a highly respected member in our society, and her absence will be much felt among her many friends, as well as in her home.  The groom was formerly one of our most respected young men.  Those present from out of town were, Miss Minnie Brown and children, of Walton, and Miss Catherine Hathaway, of Cannonsville.

 

Sickles - McLean

Afton Enterprise, April 23, 1914

Married at the M.E. parsonage in Harpursville [Broome Co., NY], April 13th, by the Rev. R.E. Austin, Lyman Sickles and Mrs. Sarah E. McLean, both of Church Hollow.  The bride, whose age is 65, is the widow of the late William P. McLean, and the groom, who is 29 years old, has been the hired man at the McLean homestead for the past few years.  McLean, it will be remembered, committed suicide on Sunday, July 6, of last year by taking Paris Green under peculiar circumstances, an account (not a full one) was published in the Budget.  At the time of the tragedy it was reported by the neighbors that McLean  had been despondent for some time because he was losing the affections of his wife which he believed were being bestowed on the hired man.  There was considerable talk in the neighborhood over the matter and if the people of Church Hollow had not been good, law abiding citizens we predict that the Budget would have had more news to print than it did at the time. That the affection of Mrs. McLean for the hired man Sickles has culminated in the marriage of the two which occurred Monday would lead one to believe that Mr. McLean had cause to be jealous of his wife at the time he committed suicide--Harpursville Budget.

 

Marriage Notices

Chenango Union, April 17, 1872

 

SINCLAIR - CARPENTER:  At the residence of the bride's mother, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday evening, April 10th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. John H. Sinclair, to Miss Susie A. Carpenter, eldest daughter of the late Andrew J. Carpenter.

 

HAWLEY - NEWMAN:  At the residence of the bride, April 2d, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Zina A. Hawley, of Marathon [Cortland Co., NY], to Miss Emily J. Newman, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

 

EMERSON - PUFFER:  In Oxford, April 3d, by Rev. A. Reynolds, Mr. Herbert Emerson, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss S.A. Puffer, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

 

CAMPBELL - McLEAN:  At the residence of Nathan Godfrey, in Guilford, April 3d, by Rev George Heaton, Mr. Burr B. Campbell, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Helen McLean, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

 

KEPPEL - CURTIS:  In Morrisville April 8th, by Rev. H.F. Dudley, Rev. David Keppel, Pastor of the M.E. Church at Morrisville [Madison Co., NY], to Miss Mary Curtis, of South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY]

 

Obituaries (April 29)

Clara S. Brown

Utica Saturday Globe, July 1902

 

Clara S. Brown

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  After less than a week's illness, Miss Clara S. Brown died at her home on the King Settlement road in the town of Norwich, recently, aged 36.  Miss Brown was born September 20, 1865, grew to womanhood and attended the Norwich village schools and graduated from the High School.  Afterward she engaged in teaching and for 15 years taught continuously in the primary department of the Mitchell street school and later the Rexford street ward school.  She was greatly beloved by her pupils and by a large circle of friends.  She was a member of the Methodist Church and a faithful attendant upon its services.  Deceased was unmarried and made her home with her father, Marquis D. Brown, by whom she is survived and also by three sisters, Mrs. E.R. Weed and Miss Lydia M. Brown, of Norwich, and Mrs. C.M. Durfee, of Waterville, and two brothers, George A. Brown, of Florence, Ariz., and Edward D. Brown, of Norwich.  Her mother died 18 years ago.  Funeral services were held this (Friday) afternoon at 2 o'clock, her former pastor, Rev. Samuel Moore, now of Binghamton, officiating.  Burial in the Buell Cemetery at King Settlement.

 

Clark P. Minor

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, September 23, 1893

Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY]:  The death of Clark P. Minor, an old and honored resident of this town, occurred on Friday, September 15, at the age of 83.  The deceased was born in this  town where he has lived all his life.  He had always been industrious and temperate in his habits and possessed, in a large degree, all those sterling virtues which render a person a valuable member of society and a good citizen.  Great respect was shown his memory by the large number who gathered to attend the funeral, which was held on Sunday afternoon.  The burial took place in the Coventryville cemetery.  The deceased leaves two children.

 

Albert P. Minor

The Oxford Review-Times, July 9, 1915

Albert P Minor, one of Deposit's [Delaware Co., NY] oldest residents and business men, died June 19, aged 85 years and 5 months.  Mr. minor was born at Beerstown [Delaware Co., NY].  From there his father moved to Coventryville, where he engaged in the lumber business.  His mother died when Albert was nine years old.  he finished his education at Oxford Academy and taught school several terms.  He then began clerking in a hardware store in Deposit village, which he afterward purchased and continued in the business until his death.

Philura (Wilcox) Parkhurst

The Utica Observer, January 8, 1917

The death of Mrs. Henry Parkhurst, long a resident of DeRuyter, Madison county [NY], occurred early this morning at her home, 619 Cross St., Utica [Oneida Co., NY], following an extended illness which became acute four weeks ago. Death was due to a complication of diseases.  Mrs. Parkhurst is survived by her husband, to whom she was married on Dec. 24, 1876, and one daughter, Mrs. Floyd Stowell of Smyrna. She also leaves a granddaughter, Inola Stowell of Smyrna.  A son, Jay Parkhurst of Cazenovia, aged 35, died last August, a victim of infantile paralysis.  The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon from her late home, and interment will be made in the cemetery at Sherburne, N.Y.  Mrs. Parkhurst, whose maiden name was Philura Wilcox, was born at Brookfield, N.Y. [Chenango Co., NY], April 1, 1829.  She has lived in Otselic, DeRuyter and Earlville, before moving to Utica last August.  She was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at DeRuyter.

Death Notices
Chenango Union, April 17, 1872
WARNER:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], April 13th, of consumption, Mr. Abner W. Warner, aged 74 years, for many years a respected resident of this village.

McNITT:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], April 14th, suddenly, of spotted fever, Mr. Morgan McNitt, aged 52 years and 10 months.

INGERSOLL:  In Friendship, Allegany Co., April 5th, Susan Morris, wife of A.H. Ingersoll, and daughter of James W. Thompson, formerly of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 33 years, 5 months and 17 days.

KINNEY:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], March 13th, of scarlet fever, Mary L., aged 11 months and 29 days;  and April 1st, Lillian, aged 3 years and 7 months, daughters of Alonzo L. and Janie L. Kinney.

FRINK:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], April 11th, of scarlet fever, Ida V. daughter of Rufus B. and Charlotte A. Frink, aged 4 years, 2 months and 23 days.

WESTCOTT:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 19th, Mary E., daughter of James F. and Thankful Westcott, aged 22 years.

FRASER:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 27th, Ruth, wife of Henry S. Fraser, aged 42 years.

NORRIS:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] March 27th, Addie F., daughter of John R. and Martha  Norris, aged 18 months.

PERKINS:  In Houston, Texas, March 12th Mr. Erastus S. Perkins, aged 70 years, eldest son of the late Erastus Perkins, of Oxford.

HADLEY:  At the Poor House in Preston [Chenango Co., NY], March 13th, of consumption, Mr. Joel Hadley, aged 82 years.

KNICKERBOCKER:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY]April 7th, Ida May, daughter of Harvey and Harriet Knickerbocker, aged 6 years and 9 months.

SCOTT:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], April 4th, Polly Scott, aged 70 years.

SUMNER:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], April 6th, Mr. Charles Sumner, aged 78 years.

ROCKWELL:  In Burns, Wis., Mahala, wife of Sperry Rockwell, formerly of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 50 years, 8 months and 11 days.

SEWARD:  At Vallonia Springs [Broome Co., NY], April 5th, Levi Seward, aged about 44 years.

RANDALL:  In Cuyler, Cortland Co., April 9th, Mrs. Polly Randall, wife of Zebulon C. Randall, Esq., in the 66th year of her age.  A loved one has departed.  She was a good wife, a kind mother, and beloved and respected by a large circle of relatives and friends.  Many years ago she united with the Congregational Church.
 

Aged Coventry People - 1881

Aged Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] People

 

Chenango Union, February 24, 1881

 

A pleasant company gathered at the home of Mr. W. Merritt, of this place [Coventry, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday, February 9th, to celebrate the 86th birthday of Mrs. Alma Miles, widow of Simeon Miles, and step-mother of Mrs. Warren, who recently died at Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].  Those present were Hector and Daniel Beecher, with their families, also, Edward Porter and family, Mr. and Mrs. D. Scott, Mr. Russel Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Thorp, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Benedict, and Mrs. W. Ogden.  A very nice and bountiful dinner was prepared to which ample justice was done by the partakers.  There was a good deal of pleasant conversation, varied with singing, and the company bid good bye, leaving with their aged friend and relative substantial tokens of their visit.

 

The family of Mrs. M., whose maiden name was Porter, are remarkable for their longevity.  Six years ago her sister, Mrs. Margaret Beecher, died at Coventry, aged 91 years.  Little more than a year since a brother, Mr. Thomas Porter, of Binghamton, also died at the age of 88 years.  She has a sister still living at Hawleyville, Ct., Mrs. Minerva Adams, aged 98.  Mrs. Miles is an aunt of Dr. H.H. Beecher and Mr. W.D. Porter, of Norwich; also of Mrs. Sarah Yale, with whom she resides.  A number of years since, by a fall her hip was broken, and she pushes a chair before her in getting about the house; but with the energy and perseverance which is characteristic of all old Connecticut people, She maintains her independence, by taking car of her room, and doing much of her own work, though there are willing hearts and hands to do it for her.  Her health is at present good, and she may live to celebrate a number more as pleasant birthdays.

 

Chenango Union, December 1, 1881

H.H. Beecher of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] who formerly resided in Coventry, recently paid a visit to that town and writes to the Utica Herald concerning the many aged people who live there.

 

"During a recent visit to Coventry, to attend the funeral of an aged relative, Mrs. Alma Miles, in her 87th year, my attention was called to the number of elderly people in that town, most of whom I had known in other days and with several of them I an well acquainted at the present time.

 

The ancient family of Porters, to which Mrs. Miles belonged, came from Salem, now Nangatuck, Conn., and attained, most of them, to great age.  Mrs. Margaret Beecher, sister of Mrs. Miles, who was a Porter, died in Coventry a few years ago in her 91st year.  A year or two since Thomas Porter, a brother, died in Binghamton, aged 88.  A sister, Mrs. Minerva Porter Adams, is now living in Hawleyville, Conn., having reached her 94th year.

 

Of the old people in Coventry above 90, there are:  Ralph Johnson, aged 91; Mrs. Susie Warren, 91; Mrs. Clark Smith, 92; Hixon Jones, 94; Mrs. David Hungerford, 99.  Of those 80 and upwards, there are:  Mrs. Polly Spencer, 85; Romeo Warren, 83; Col. Rufus Chandler, 84; M.S. Manderville, 84; Mrs. G.D. Phillips, 85; Mrs. Adolphus Stiles, 86; Mrs. Jacob Kelly, 80; Mrs. Romeo Warren, 82; Mrs. Ingraham, 88; Mrs. Holdrige, 81; Loren B. Porter, 81; Miss Abigail Balis, 84; Mrs. Betsy Martin, 80, and Luman Miles, 80.  Probably there are several others in the town whose years are upwards of four score, and some above four score and ten whose names have not been given.  The number whose ages are above 70 would more than double the list.  I called upon the venerable Mrs. Hungerford and found her remarkably well preserved and possessed withal of a good degree of intelligence, and especially, when connected with names, incidents and memories of the past.

 

When questioned as to the inhabitants who were her neighbors, when with her husband she located in Coventry nearly 70 years ago, and her attention was called to the recurring events and associations of succeeding years, the failing eyes brightened and every lineament of that wrinkled and intelligent face seemed to be lighted as she told the story of the days when Madison, Monroe and their immediate successors were presidents of the United States, extending over a period a quarter of a century before there was a solitary railroad or a single telegraph line in all the land.  Mrs. Hungerford is the mother of nine children, eight of whom are living, the youngest son, who occupies the old homestead, being 51.  The old lady resides in happy contentment, in a cozy cottage in Coventry village, with two of her widowed daughters, Mrs. Hatch, aged 78, and Mrs. Judd, aged 74.  Where is there a rural town with like population, that can show a larger percentage of old people, or who retain as a whole their mental faculties in so remarkable degree?  Barbara Brookbanks, who died on Saturday last, in her 101st year, whose demise is mentioned in today's Herald, lived in the border of Coventry."

 

 

Marriages (April 28)

Foster - Rounds

Utica Saturday Globe, date unknown (early 1900s)

 

 

John B. and Mae W. (Rounds) Foster

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  A pretty home wedding took place at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Rounds, on South Broad street Wednesday evening, when their only daughter, Mae W., was united in marriage with John B. Foster.  Owing to the ill-health of the bride's mother, the ceremony was a very quiet affair, only the immediate relatives and a few friends being in attendance.  The house was prettily prepared with palms, autumn vines and cut flowers.  Rev. S.J. Ford, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church performed the ceremony at 8 o'clock, after which dainty refreshments were served.  The gifts were numerous and handsome and attested the high esteem of the many friends of the happy pair. The bride is a member of the Broad Street M.E. Church, is a highly accomplished musician and has a wide circle of friends here and in Binghamton, her former home.  The groom is the youngest son of Walter Foster, one of Norwich's best-known citizens, and holds a responsible position as assistant manager of his father's extensive business interests and has become well known and popular.  Mr. and Mrs. Foster left on Ontario & Western train 5 for a brief wedding tour to the western part of the State, after which they will begin housekeeping at no. 4 Morse avenue, where they will be glad to receive their numerous friends.

 

Parsons - McKinzie

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 24, 1944

Mr. and Mrs. Earl McKinzie, of Tacoma, Wash., announce the marriage of their daughter, Betty Jane, to Pvt. John Andrew Parsons, Jr., U.S.Army, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Parsons, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], on April 27, at the McChord Field Chapel, Wash.

 

Carl - Rainey

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 31, 1944

Mr. and Mrs. Elwin E. Bayly, 605 North River street, Honesdale, announce the engagement of the latter's sister, Miss Jean Rainey, to Lieut. Myron E. Carl, son of Mr. and Mrs. I.L. Carl, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].  Miss Rainey is a graduate of Honesdale High School and Hahnemann Hospital School of Nursing. She is now a member of the staff of the Hahnemann Hospital, where she resides at the nurses' home.  Lieutenant Carl is a graduate of Cornell University.  He is a bombardier in the Army Air Forces at Boise, Idaho.  He is now on leave--Scranton Tribune.

 

Marriage Notices

Chenango American, Greene, NY, July 18, 1861

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on Wednesday morning, the 17th inst., by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. Charles Henry Barnard to Miss A. Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Warren Gray, Esq., all of this village.

 

At Harpersville, Broome Co., on the 16th inst., by Rev. Mr. Wright, Mr. Benj. F. Cowan, to Miss Hannah E. Johnson, both of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY]

 

In Pharsalia, on the 1st inst., by N.E. Peck, Esq., Mr. Henry D. Robins, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Frances L. Ringhka, of North Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].

 

In Afton, on the 3d inst., by Rev. G.G. Donnelly, Mr. Chas. R. Bump, to Miss Sally J. Shaw, all of Afton [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 14, 1869

In Mt. Upton, on the 29th ult. by Rev. W. A. Wadsworth, Mr. Chas. W. Godfrey to Miss Hattie A. Van Dusen, all of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY]

 

 

Obituaries (April 28)

Grace L. (White) Crandall

Utica Saturday Globe, November 1903

 

Mrs. Grace L. (White) Crandall

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Grace L. White, wife of Lewis M. Crandall, died at her home on Rexford street on Friday evening of last week, aged 23.  She had been ill for about a year of consumption and though a great sufferer had borne her lot patiently.  Mrs. White [sic] was a daughter of the late Martin V. and Jennie E White and was born in Walton [Delaware Co., NY], from which place the family removed to Norwich about seven years ago.  For several years she was a teacher in the district schools of this vicinity.  On April 8, 1899, she was married to Lewis M. Crandall, of this village, who survives her.  A brother, Floyd White, who made his home with her, also survives.  Besides these immediate relatives her death is greatly mourned by a large circle of friends.  Funeral services were held from her late home on Monday morning.  Rev. Samuel Moore, of Binghamton, officiating.  The interment was made in the cemetery at South Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Lottie Ide Van Camp

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 14, 1869

 

In Preble, N.Y. [Cortland Co.], on the 27th ult., Lottie Ide, wife of Samuel C. Van Camp, aged 25 years and 11 days.

We desire in this time of our sorrow and bereavement to bear testimony to the power of the religion of the gospel to sustain and comfort in affliction when even earthly refuge fails.  The promises of God, have long been precious to us, but such words as "my grace shall be sufficient for thee" and "as thy day is, so shall thy strength be," never had such significance as now.  These promises have been verified when we most needed their fulfillment.  On the last Sabbath of the year we received a telegram saying, "Lottie died this morning at nine o'clock."  These tidings were entirely unexpected and for a few moments we were dumb, we opened not our mouths, for we knew the Lord had done it.  But very soon, we were enabled to kiss the rod which had smitten us, and to say--we trust with resignation--not our will but thine O God be done.  The next morning while it was yet dark, we commenced our long and sad journey, but we were not left desolate for the comforter was near, bringing to our remembrance, precious words of Him who spake as never man spake and who alone can sustain his sorrowing suffering ones.  We feared lest our strength should fail when called to look upon the form of our beloved child, but God in his mercy upheld us, and gave us the sweet assurance, that our child was safe on the glorified shore, in the presence of that Saviour whom she had honored and loved from childhood.  A sweet smile rested upon her face, indicating as we thought the state of mind in which she passed from earth to Heaven.  Then came fear concerning the burial scene, will grace sufficient be given to keep husband, parents, brother and sister form sinking?  Yes.  To the praise of God's goodness be it said, the coffin, the shroud and the grave were disarmed of their usual terrors and we laid our firstborn, a young wife and mother beneath the snow, while a voice seemed to say, "I am the resurrection and the life, and because I live thy child shall live also." 

 

Margaret McCormick

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 24, 1944

Miss Margaret McCormick, 45, died in the Binghamton City Hospital a few days ago of body burns suffered early the morning of July 27 when fire swept the interior of the home of Dr. Martin Weiss, Binghamton [Broome Co., NY].  Miss McCormick, a domestic in the Weiss household, was carried out of the dwelling by firemen who found her unconscious in a first-floor hall.  She had tried to escape the flames which drove her from her second-floor bedroom, located over the first-floor room where the blaze started.  Burned less seriously, but injured when she dropped to the ground from her second-floor bedroom at the front of the house, the physician's wife, Gertrude, was discharged form City Hospital earlier this month.  Dr. Weiss, who lost all his medical equipment in the blaze, was rescued from the bedroom window by firemen who carried him down a ladder.  The blaze caused damage approximating $5,000 when it burned out virtually every room.

 

John Laux

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 31, 1944

New York State Police are seeking a driver of a vehicle which struck and instantly killed John Laux, 63, of Stamford [Delaware Co., NY], near his home on the Grand Gorge-Stamford highway at about 8:30 o'clock Saturday night as he was walking on the road with Holvar Tollessen, 65, of North Harpersfield.  Mr. Tollessen also was struck by the vehicle but escaped with minor abrasions of the left hand and arm.  He was attended by Dr. Jerome Kogan, of Stamford, who on arrival pronounced Mr. Laux dead.  His body was taken to the Walter Hall Funeral Parlor at Stamford. The police learned that Mr. Laux and Mr. Tollessen, employees of the Highway Department at Harpersfield, had spent the afternoon together at Stamford.  In the afternoon they went to Mr. Laux's home and after supper the two men started for the village.  Mr. Tollessen told the State Police that they were walking along the right side of the highway arm in arm with their backs toward traffic on their side.  He said the first he knew, Mr. Laux had disappeared and he was alone.  He walked down the road about 50 or 60 feet and found his friend lying beside the highway.  It appeared that the victim had been rolled or dragged about 60 feet along the gravel shoulder of the highway.  His head was smashed and it is believed that his death was instantaneous. 

Death Notices

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 14, 1869

 

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Warren Gray, Esq., aged 84 years.

In Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., nY], on New Year's day, Mrs. William McCray, aged 88 years.

In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., Mr. Sidney Eggleston, aged about 60 years.

Marriages (April 27)

Firman - White

Utica Saturday Globe, November 1903

 

David M. and Mary (White) Firman

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  At the home of Billings White, on Lock street, November 5, occurred the marriage of Mrs. Mary White, of this place, to David M. Firman, of Camden, N.J.  Rev. S.J. Ford performed the ceremony in the presence of a few relatives and friends.  The bride is a daughter of the late Horace Barnes, of Pharsalia, and has been a resident of this village for several years. The groom is a prominent business man of Camden, N.J., where he conducts a candy and confectionery establishment.  Mr. and Mrs. Firman left for their home in that city the same evening.

 

Marriage Notices

Chenango American, Greene, NY, February 6, 1879

In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 29th, by Rev. D.N. Grummon, Mr. William B. Cook, to Miss Anna F. Rider.

 

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 16th, by Rev. A.W. Barrows, Mr. Vernum D. Birdlebough, of German [Chenango Co., NY], and Miss Hattie D. Vosburgh, of McDonough.

 

In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 21st, by Rev. A.W. Barrows, Mr. David B. Pike, and Mrs. Laura D. Maxfield.

 

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 29, 1885

At Fontenelle, Wy. at the residence of the bride's brother, Jan. 8th by Justice D. B. Rathbun, Geo. H. McCray, of Chenango Co., N.Y., to Eva A. Hanson, of Mentor, O.

 

In Willett, N.Y. Jan. 19th, Mr. Leroy G. Coville, to Miss Polly A. Lull, both of German [Chenango Co., NY]

 

In Smithville, Jan. 5th, by Rev. A.W. Barrows, Mr. Jos. Donan, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], and Miss Ursula Walworth, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

 

In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 21st, by Rev. J.E. Johnson, Mr. E.H. Coley, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], and Miss H. Jeanette, daughter of B.C. Campbell.

 

In Norwich, Jan. 1st, by Rev. Samuel Scoville, Mr. Isaac Newton, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Miss Mary E. Mitchell.

 

In Bainbridge, Jan. 14th, by Rev. Henry Robertson, Mr. David P. Van Horne, of Livingston, Montana, to Miss Marie V. N. Green, of West Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]

Obituaries (April 27)

John Carley

Utica Saturday Globe, November 1903

 

John Carley

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  John Carley died at his residence on West Railroad street Sunday, aged 39.  About the first of September Mr. Carley was injured by being thrown from a load of hay.  While passing through Silver street he came in contact with a telephone wire and was thrown to the ground, striking on his head.  He never fully recovered consciousness after the accident.  Last week Joseph Winsor was appointed a committee to manage Mr. Carley's person and property, the latter consisting solely of an alleged right of action against the company or corporation upon whom the blame for the accident rests.  On Sunday a post mortem examination conducted by Coroner E. W. Wilcox revealed a fracture of the skull and on the opposite side a degenerated blood clot.

Thomas Carter

Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, January 23, 1867

CARTER:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 15th, Thomas Carter, aged 62 years.  Mr. Carter represented the First Assembly District in this County in the Legislature of 1861, and at his death, was Post Master at Pitcher.  It can be truly said that no one in this community had more friends or fewer enemies.  He was a devoted husband and father, an accommodating neighbor, and a Christian. 

Another correspondent writing from Pitcher says:  The deceased had been a resident of this town for some forty years, beloved and respected by all who knew him, and in his death, society has lost one of its best and worthy members, the State one of its most devoted citizens.  In 1861 he was elected a member of the Assembly of this State in which body he voted for all those measures which were calculated to strengthen and support the general government against the rebellion and at the time of his death was Post Master at this place.  His funeral was attended on the 17th at the Congregational Church, of which had long been one of its prominent members, when a very impressive and appropriate sermon was delivered by the Pastor, Rev. C. Barstow, to a large and sympathizing congregation.  In this sudden bereavement the wife has lost one of the best and devoted of husband's the children a kind, indulgent father.  May they seek consultation in the arms of their Savior.

Sally M. Weaver,

Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, January 23, 1867

WEAVER:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Jan. 3d, Mrs. Sally M., consort of Russel Weaver, in the 67th year of her age.  In the death of Mrs. Weaver, a husband has been deprived of a kind and affectionate companion and [her children] a beloved parent, society one of its most useful members, and the Baptist church of which she has been a worthy member for many years, one of its chief ornaments, on account of her uniform piety, benevolence and good principles. The numerous concourse of relative and sympathizing friends who attended her funeral at the Church, is a sure indication of the esteem in which she was held.

 

Jeremiah Medbury

Chenango Union, September 6, 1871

Another pioneer has gone to his rest.  The subject of this brief notice, Jeremiah Medbury, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], was born in Rhode Island about the year 1784.  When a lad of eight years, seventy-nine years ago, he came with his father, Joseph Medbury, to New Berlin township, then a dense forest, in which roamed beasts of prey and containing scarcely half a dozen inhabitants.  For a quarter of a century, Jeremiah lived with his father upon lands near Great Brook, changing the face of nature, rugged and sterile, into fruitful fields, making the wilderness places to bloom as the rose. The larger portion of his days were spent upon a farm but a few rods distant from the homestead.  He lived an honest, industrious, useful life, rearing a family of six children, all of whom except one, are still living.  Jeremiah Medbury of this village, is the eldest son and next to the oldest of the family.  Mr. Medbury retained his faculties and the vigor of manhood, in a remarkable degree, being seldom indisposed for a day, till his end drew nigh.  On Saturday, Aug. 26th, he was attacked with a stroke of paralysis, soon became unconscious, and died on the Tuesday following, at the advanced aged of 87.  On Thursday last he was buried on the premises he had so long occupied.  We are reminded how little we of this age of Railroads, Telegraphs, splendid equipages, and manifold comforts and luxuries, realize of the trials, hardships and deprivations of our fathers of three score and ten years ago.  It is sad to think the Pioneers of our own county are nearly all gone, and that we have no more reliable record of their services and lives.  Tradition, always vague and uncertain, in a little while will constitute the only link upon which to depend, to connect the remote past with the present and future.

 

Daniel W. Irons
ca 1837 - 1907

Daniel W. Irons, a former resident of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], died at the home of his son, Lucius A. Irons, in Rochester, N.Y., Sept. 14, 1907.  The body will arrive in Norwich this evening and be taken to Breese's Undertaking rooms form which place burial will be made in Mt. Hope cemetery [Norwich, NY] Tuesday morning, the time not yet having been arranged.

Adaline Medbury

1829 - 1907

At the residence of her son, Edgar Medbury, east of this village, Sunday afternoon, Sept. 15, 1907, Mrs. Adaline Medbury, died aged 78 years.  Funeral services will be held from the home at 1 o'clock and from the church at White Store at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Rev. J.L. Ray officiating and burial will be in the cemetery at White Store.

Mary Reitano

Norwich Sun, October 1, 1942

Cortland [Cortland Co., NY]:  Mrs. Mary Reitano, 41, wife of Anthony Reitano, died Monday at her home, 68 Pomeroy street, following a heart attack.  Born in Italy September 15, 1900, the daughter of Joseph and Antonia Natoli, she had resided here for the past 39 years.  In addition to her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Anna; one son, John T. Reitano; a sister, Miss Frances Natoli; two brothers, Dominick and Joseph Natoli, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday morning from the home and St. Mary's church with burial in St. Mary's cemetery.

Lydia Medbury

Norwich Sun, October 1, 1942

Mrs. Lydia Medbury died at the county welfare home in Preston [Chenango Co., NY] yesterday morning.  She had been a resident of the home since 1937 coming from Holmesville [Chenango Co., NY].  She was born in Morris [Otsego Co., NY], Feb. 5, 1852 and is survived by a great nephew, C.N. Sherman of Binghamton.  Services are to be held at Dakin's Funeral Home in New Berlin Thursday afternoon with burial in White Store Cemetery [Chenango Co., NY].

Post Listing April 20-26, 2015

Listing of blog postings for the week of April 20-26, 2015

Marriages

Posted April 23, 2015

Mary B. Elliott - Fred S. Gardner (1906)

Marriage notices - 1864

     Chauncey Hubbard - Alice A. Edgerton

     A. Simeon Parker - Kate A. Wheeler

     Alanson Booth - Sarah Rhodes

     Francis Bowen - Emma J. Merrithew

Posted April 25, 2015
Nellie Van Dyke Brown - Joseph Palombo (1944)
Ernest Webster - Doris Mockridge (1944)
Jessie Hall Grosfent - Neil Donald McLeod (1944)
Barbara H. Remsen - George Tillman (1944)
Margaret Ledbetter - Robert A Schultheiss (engagement, 1944)
Phyllis Theresa Giordano - Clifford l. Wilson (engagement, 1944)

Posted April 26, 2015
Gertrude C. Lanckton - Frank J. Edmunds (1903)
Marriages, Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY, 1943

 

Obituaries

Posted April 20, 2015

Warren L. Scott (Norwich, 1906)

Irving B Phillips (Afton, 1944)

Clara Adelle (Hunt) Meek (Afton, 1944)

F. Lee Beane (Owego, 1944)  Car - Train accident

Donald Frederick Beane (Owego, 1944)  Car - Train accident

Leonard W. Roe (Oakland, PA, 1944)  Drowning

Gertrude Waterman (Sidney, Lisle, 1944)

Van D. Birdsall (Sidney, 1944)

Posted April 21, 2015
Edith F. (Brown) Stanton (Norwich, Otselic, 1906)
Frank J. Barre (Lawyersville, Cobleskill, 1926)
Atalanta H. Hathaway (Faribault MN, 1911)
Emmett l. Hutchinson, (1921)
Lester Amos Hutchinson (Guilford, 1929)

Posted April 22, 2015
George A. Cooley (Norwich, 1906)
Robert H. Dixson (South New Berlin, 1929)
Clella E. (Manwaring) Rolf (Guilford, 1929)
Ellis Lavern Bradley (Guilford, 1929)
Charles H. Manwaring (Guilford, Unadilla, 1929)

Posted April 23, 2015
Reuben A. Handy (Coventry, 1906)
Cora Evelyn (Lyon) Loomis (West Bainbridge, 1932)
Emily L. (White) Hyde (Bainbridge, 1932)
Emogene (Cook) Lanfair (East Guilford, 1912)
Harry Humphrey (Bainbridge, 1910)
Henry Loomis (Oxford, 1880)
Death Notices - 1864
     Joseph Loomis (West Bainbridge)  Civil War soldier
     Frank M. Skillman (Smithville) Civil War soldier
     Jenette Warner (New Berlin)
     Charlie Ray Farnsworth (Afton)
     Lorson D. Merrill (Oxford)  Civil War soldier

Posted April 24, 2015
Ruth Anna (Winsor) Root (Norwich, 1906)
Dennis Payne (Bainbridge, 1918)
Levene Loomis (Bainbridge, 1918)
Johanna Dolan (Oriskany Falls, 1918)
John Henry Loomis (West Bainbridge, 1947)
Death Notices - 1864
     Willard P. Blinebery (Plymouth) Civil War soldier
     Nathan Baker (Plymouth) Civil War soldier
     Calvin B. Weld (Coventry) Civil War soldier
     Jerome A. Sands (Unadilla)
     Byron Terry (Fayette)
     Willie O. Athwell (Plymouth)
     Sarah O. Pendleton (Columbus)

Posted April 25, 2015
Albert J.E. Hubbard (Norwich, Colorado Springs CO, 1906)
Almon Elliot (Chenango Forks, 1944)
Carrie Elliot (Chenango Forks, 1944)
Eileen Hungerford (Oneonta, Vestal, 1944)
Mae McAdams (Cooperstown, 1944)

Posted April 26, 2015
Mrs. John Totten (Newburg, Norwich, 1903)
Henry C. Cole (Omaha, NB, Oxford, 1895)
John Hoag (Dayton, OH, Greene, 1895)
Arba K. Maynard (Atwater MN, 1895)
Adella Hodges (Oxford, Whitney Point, 1870)
Betsey E. Gilbert (Afton, Guilford, 1870)
Charles Loop (Afton, 1910)

 

Miscellaneous

Posted April 20, 2015
Bainbridge Central High School Volleyball Team - 1952
The Murder of Mary Stannard - 1880

Posted April 21, 2015
The Guilford Iron Works, 1880

Posted April 22, 2015
 Bainbridge High School, Class of 1949, Part 4

Posted April 23, 2015
"Bainbridge Eagle" Town's First Paper - 1845

Posted April 25, 2015
Mrs. George W. Lawrence - Photo 1906

Posted April 26, 2015
Guilford Union Sunday School Association - 1875

Guilford Union Sunday School Association - 1875

Guilford Union Sunday School Association

Chenango Telegraph, June 24, 1875

 

This association held a session June 16th, at Yaleville [Chenango Co., NY], which was the most enjoyable of any we have attended.

 

Four years ago, it was decided that the June meeting should be the children's day.  It was held at Yaleville which entertained it handsomely.  Subsequently, it was voted that the June meeting should be a basket picnic, and this proves the most thoroughly enjoyable.  We thought as we saw the scattered groups clustered here and there under the shadow of the beautiful trees, discussing the contents of the basket, that it was one of the prettiest pictures we had ever seen.

 

A stand was erected, and all the exercises were conducted in the open air, as the church would not have held a fifth part of the people assembled.

 

The address of welcome by the Rev. Luman Yale, was cordial, and the address to young people by Rev. E.P. Eldridge was interesting and appropriate.  But well as the remarks of the minister were enjoyed, the little preachers of the afternoon bore off the palm.  Seven schools took part in the exercises and all did admirably.  Only three schools in town failed to be represented.  Where all did so well from the little lambs of the infant class to the mature young ladies and gentlemen of the Bible class, it is difficult to particularize.

 

We may be pardoned, however, for alluding to an original dialogue, which was finely recited by two young girls of Yaleville school.

 

The author Mrs. Charity Cooper, is an earnest worker in the Sunday school, and the exercise, well worthy of a place in any volume of concert exercises.  We sincerely hope it may be published.

 

A poem by Miss Gibbs of North Guilford, was very fine, and the presentations of Bible truth by the different schools was both interesting and instructive.  The flower of Guilford was assembled in that beautiful grove, and the ties of Christian brotherhood were greatly strengthened. Christians of different creeds can unite in the study of God's Word and in true fellowship.  Long may the Guilford S.S. Union live, and much good may it do in promoting the study of the Divine Word.  --Mrs. E.J. Richmond.

 

 





Marriages (April 26)

Edmunds - Lanckton

Utica Saturday Globe, November 1903

 

Frank J. and Gertrude C. (Lanckton) Edmunds

At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Lanckton, in Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], on Tuesday last occurred the wedding of Gertrude C. Lanckton, of that place, and Frank J. Edmunds, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], in the presence of about 50 relatives and friends of the bride and groom. The ceremony was performed by 12:15 p.m. by Rev. Spencer J. Ford, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, of this village. The parlor was prettily decorated with vines and flowers, the happy couple standing beneath an arch and in front of a beautiful bank of evergreens.  Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds were the recipients of many handsome and useful gifts. They will reside on Sheldon street in this village. The bride has many friends in Norwich, having formerly presided here for a time. The groom is a young man well and favorably known as an employee in the grocery store of Smith & Dunne.

 

Vital Statistics - Marriages - 1943

Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York

 

Sherl Cummings, of Bainbridge, to June Tompkins, of Bainbridge, Feb. 27

 

Lloyd H. Sipple, of Bainbridge, to Mary Louise Branham, of Bainbridge, May 1.

 

Everett L. Ellis, of Seattle, Wash., to Eva l. Johnson, of Seattle, Wash., May 1.

 

David A. Thomas, of Bainbridge, to Helen G. Knapp, of Bainbridge, May 30.

 

Andrew J. Whitney, of Bainbridge, to Evelyn M. Livingston, of Bainbridge, June 12.

 

George McCrea Skinner, of Bainbridge, to Charlah A. Ireland, of Bainbridge, June 12.

 

Ilario Argiro, of Syracuse, to Mary Teresa Delello, of Bainbridge, June 23.

 

James V. Monahan, of Bainbridge, to M. Arlene Orth, of Bainbridge, June 26.

 

Robert Euker, of Harpursville, to Clara R. Wilcox, of Bainbridge, July 31.

 

Donald L. Quinney, of Sidney, to Barbara I. Campbell, of Bainbridge, Sept. 4.

 

Robert A. VanValkenburg, of Masonville, to Mary Elizabeth Brundage, of Cannonsville, Sept. 4.

 

Lloyd C. Crosby, of Afton, to Margaret L. Shaver, of Bainbridge, Sept. 21.

 

Winthrope C. Aiken, of Sidney, to Anna Nymann Collinge, of Bainbridge, Oct. 2.

 

Leland D. Marcellus, of Camp Stewart, Ga., to Margaret M. Davies, of Sidney, Oct. 3.

 

Archie H. Vail, of Bainbridge, to Mary E. Aldrich, foo Bainbridge, Oct. 6.

 

Glenn R. Herrick, of Bainbridge, to Dolores M. Lloyd, of Bainbridge, Nov. 21.

 

Joseph L. Mertz, of Bainbridge, to Margaret Angle, of Bainbridge, Dec. 25.

Obituaries (April 26)

Mrs. John Totten

Utica Saturday Globe, November 1903

Mrs. John Totten

After an illness of only a few days Mrs. John Totten died in Newburg [Orange Co., NY] Saturday, aged 37.  Mrs. Totten was the daughter of the late Martin and Margaret Foy and was born in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  For the past few years she had been in the employ of the Keogh Brothers, who formerly conducted the Eagle Hotel in this village, and then they went from here to Newburg.  Mrs. Totten accompanied them and continued in their employ. She previously resided in Oneonta for a number of years and while there married John Totten about 14 years ago.  Besides her husband, she is survived by a sister, Agnes Foy, of Newburg and a brother, Robert Foy, of Battle River, Minn.  Funeral services were held in Newburg Monday morning and the remains were brought to Norwich the same afternoon for interment in St. Paul's Cemetery [Norwich, NY].  A large gathering of sympathizing friends met the 4:26 train on the Ontario & Western and escorted the remains to the cemetery.

Henry C. Cole

Chenango Union, January 24, 1895

Advices received here Monday bring the sad intelligence of the death  of  Henry C. Cole, at Omaha, Neb., the day previous.  It will bring sadness to the hearts of many here who knew and loved the deceased.  He was the surviving child of the late Calvin Cole, and a brother of Augustus,  the donor of the Cole fountain.  He was educated at Oxford Academy, and the earlier part of his business days were spent here.--Oxford Times.

John Hoag

Chenango Union, January 24, 1895

Word was received here last week announcing the death of John Hoag, who was recently taken from this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY] to the Soldiers' Home at Dayton, Ohio.  We understand that he was buried at the Soldiers' cemetery belonging to the home.  Poor old John, he has answered the last earthly roll call.  Loyal to his country, may his weary spirit find rest in the great unknown whence it has flown.--Greene American.

Arba K. Maynard

Chenango Union, January 24, 1895

The Atwater (Minn.) Press, of December 21st chronicles the death of Judge Arba K. Maynard, a former well known lawyer of Chenango county, which occurred December 19th.  He was ninety-two years of age, and a pioneer in Minnesota.  His funeral was conducted by the Masonic order, of which he had been a member seventy-one years.  Judge Maynard practiced law in Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] for a time after he was admitted to the bar:  afterwards he resided in Bainbridge, and nearly fifty years ago he practiced his profession in Norwich.  Later he went to New York city, and was for years a municipal judge there.  He went to Minnesota in the early fifties, and represented La Seur county in the legislature in 1866-7.  He buried his wife many years ago, and his only son, in Atwater, in 1879, and leaves no near kin to mourn his death, except a brother, who is thought to be in the government employ, at Washington.

Adella Hodges

Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, March 30, 1870

HODGES:  At the residence of J. Tillotson, in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], March 16th of measles, terminating in congestion of the lungs, Adella, daughter of Alexander Hodges, of Whitney's Point [Broome Co., NY], aged 17 years.  Her remains were taken to that place for interment.  Miss  H. was one of three young ladies whose names were on the roll of students of Oxford Academy the last term.  Miss Manning, of Coventry, died early in the term, of fever.  Miss Hodges the Wednesday after it closed, and Miss Miller, Sunday night, 20th.

Betsey E. Gilbert

Chenango Telegraph & Chronicle, March 30, 1870

GILBERT:  At the residence of her son-in-law, in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], February 28th, Mrs. Betsey E. Gilbert, in the 76th year of her age.  Mrs. Gilbert and her husband, Dea. Gilbert, who died about 8 years ago were among the first settlers of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], and members of the First Congregational Church at Guilford Centre, until a branch of that Church was formed at North Guilford, with which they united and in which they continued members until they were called to join the Church triumphant.  Mrs. Gilbert was an invalid the last thirty years of her life, and at intervals suffered much, but endured all her sufferings patiently and hopefully, for her consolation was this:  "Our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory."  She was a true Christian mother.  Her children and grandchildren bless her name; may they also follow her example.  She has done what she could, has finished her course and received the crown.

Charles Loop

Bainbridge Republican, December 20, 1910

The remains of Chas. Loop, a former resident were brought here [Afton, Chenango Co., NY] Thursday for burial in the family plot at Glenwood cemetery [Afton, NY].  Mr. Loop was 90 years of age.  He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Lilley, Binghamton, Dec. 20 '10.  He is survived by his daughter and one son, E.J. Loop of Arkansas.  The bearers were old friends, Messrs, A. Brown, W.A.Wright, C.L. Seeley and A. Briggs. Services at the grave conducted by Rev. S.L. Shaw.